Virginia LeBlanc

Virginia LeBlanc is a bestselling author of contemporary fiction and books for young adults. She was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and has written multiple popular books that have been translated into multiple languages and published around the world. Her works focus mainly on relationships and the importance of family.

Education and Early Years

LeBlanc received her Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing and English from the University of Toronto in 2001, and then completed a Master's in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia in 2003. Afterward, she worked for a publishing house in Toronto.

LeBlanc has always had a passion for writing and believed it to be her calling. Even at an early age, she was writing stories and poems. She credits her grandmother, who encouraged her to keep writing, as a primary motivator in her success as a published author.

Writing Style and Works

LeBlanc’s writing has been described as highly emotive, with her characters all showing complex and realistic emotions of the human experience. She focuses heavily upon the themes of familial relationships and the importance of family in the stories she tells.

Her debut novel, The Truth About Us, was published in 2006, and it quickly became a bestseller and was named one of the top books of the year by The Globe and Mail. It was followed by Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic in 2008, which also garnered positive reviews. Her subsequent books have all been published to wide acclaim.

Some of her most popular works include Between the Lives (2010), The Girl with Glass Feet (2011), and Always & Forever (2012). Her latest novel, Come Under Fire, was released in 2017 to critical acclaim. She is currently working on her next novel, Small New Things.

LeBlanc has also written several books for young readers, such as The Watermark Series and The Tumbleweed Series. She has also written several stand-alone titles such as The House on Chase Street, The White House, and Summer of Water and Implosion.

Accolades

LeBlanc has won multiple awards for her work, including the White Pine Award for Best Book for Young Adults for The Girl with Glass Feet in 2011. In 2012, she was awarded an Aurora Award for Best Young Adult Novel for Always & Forever.

In addition to her awards, LeBlanc has been nominated for numerous awards, including Canada Reads and the Governor General’s Literary Award.

Legacy

Virginia LeBlanc has established herself as one of Canada’s most beloved authors. Her works have been described as insightful and emotionally charged, pushing her readers to look within and explore their own relationships. Through her writing, she has left a lasting impression of the importance of family, the strength of relationships, and the courage to move forward.